Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The Senegal Startup Act establishes an encouraging framework to boost the growth of startups. It offers benefits like tax advantages, streamlined administrative procedures, and access to public…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The Federal Ministry of Justice can exempt companies that have been hit by the COVID crisis from the obligation to file for insolvency right away. Normally, the regulatory scenario for…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

To accelerate the development of Polish startups through measures such as testing their products and/or services with medium and large companies, to learn how best to scale their…

Year Introduced: 1980 | National-level

The R&DTI, serving as a self-assessment program, aids in offsetting part of the costs of eligible research activities, thereby fostering investment in innovation. Particularly, the program…

Year Introduced: 2005 | National-level

The Enisa participative loan scheme works by providing financial support to startups and SMEs. It operates like an equity loan, where the interest rate varies based on the company's profits. The loan…

Year Introduced: 1998 | National-level

The BSPCE scheme works by granting employees the option to purchase shares of the company at a predetermined price. This is often lower than the market value of the shares at the time of granting the…

Year Introduced: | National-level

We want to strengthen the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation in Ecuador through a program of learning transfer, good practices and networking in technology and entrepreneurship, together…

Year Introduced: 2022 | Sub-national

The program's primary beneficiaries were scaling institutions, defined as legal entities, funds, or trusts within the country, providing acceleration and scaling services to startups. These…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The proposed Startups Equity Investment Program would allocate $2 billion in federal dollars ($1.5 billion initially, and $500 million in follow-on investment) to the states on a straightforward…

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

The Tunisian Startup Act comprises 20 measures that are structured around five main themes, which are: defining startups, incentivising potential entrepreneurs, removing procedural and tax barriers…